1 A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.

2 The paramour of an unchaste woman; (māhiṣītyucyate nārī yā ca syād vyabhicāriṇī. tāṃ dṛṣṭāṃ kāmayati yaḥ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ.. Kālikā Pu- rāṇa.

3 One who lives by the pros- titution of his wife; mahiṣītyucyate nāryā bhagenopājiṃtaṃ dhanaṃ. upajīvati yastasyāḥ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ.. Śrīdhara on V. P.